I feel like since lotv, the game has gained a lot of popularity again. It feels like a major comeback and we should be representing this anyway we can. If enough ppl are interested in a venue where we can host some tournys or something, please lets get together and make this happen again.

If you guys go to a BarCraft and you take pictures (and you don't mind us posting them/using them ...let us know if you want credit or whatnot!) definitely email them to us! We're beginning an imagur account and unfortunately none of us actually owns a decent camera. So. Send us your pictures!

Dota 2 tournament, one million dollars for first place. Should be interesting, no? I personally wouldn't be attending the BarCraft (since I'm going to Seattle to watch it live) but I figure it'd be nice to spread some awareness/interest.

Hot on the heels of NYC Winter Arena, we've begun the planning for MLG's Winter Championship!

When: March 25th, 11AM - ???

Where: Ceili's Southland!

Expect the same level of awesome, hopefully with some improvements, stream wise. (Gogo tech-man-Ben!).

If you happen to be one of the unlucky people that have NEVER been to a BarCraft before, prepare to be awe-struck. On every single TV and the giant projector screen at the back we will be streaming professional, live Starcraft 2 matches. Ceili's boasts a fine staff of super nice servers, attentive bartenders and a wicked management team. At the door we will be trying our best to hand every single person a ticket to enter the raffle for door prizes! Those will be announced when I have them in my hands.

We will once again be welcoming The Node and their fantastic computers, two to play on and two that will be dedicated to the sole use of a King of the Hill! That's right, lovelies, we'll be holding another King of the Hill (though probably slightly re-worked), hosted by BloodyIron of LANified!, complete with prizing and the like. :) More details on the KotH will be announced as things move along and we finalize details.

UPDATE!

For those of you wanting to enter the King of the Hill...

We'll only be running it until 3PM. If you'd like to enter, get there early enough to sign up and play before then!

For the KotH we're giving away a bunch of Node stuff! In addition to that, first place in the after-koth tourny will have a choice between a Razer Banshee headset or a season long GSL pass!

Regarding door prizes...

We'll have a place set up to sign up for the raffle - this time around we'll have things for you to fill in.

Up for grabs:

Razer Marauder keyboard

Razer Spectre mouse

GSL season pass

a bunch of other stuff. <3

/Update

Just for the record, iSNoctis has won the after-tournament TWICE in a row. I don't know about you, but a protoss being the reigning champion doesn't sit well with me. More people must enter! This is one of the things that we're reworking, though, so stay tuned!

I was wondering if any Calgary BarCraft fans would be interested in a couple unofficial, bar-hosted games of "Drunken" Munchkin, that is, the hilarious and back-stabby D&D-style card game; either with a night of brews, or possibly house-rules involving said brews. Just putting out a feeler.

Once again we are hosting a BarCraft down at Ceili's Irish Pub Southland. Below you will find the official facebook event, but if you hate facebook, here is some info...

What: We'll be streaming professional SC2 matches on -every- single TV + a projector screen for the entire day, basically.

Where: Ceili's Southland location

When: Feb. 26th, 12-8ish

Why: We love Starcraft, obviously.

The Node will once again be gracing us with their glorious presence and wonderful computers. There will be four -just like last time- in one of the side rooms, dedicated solely to playing SC2. (nodegaming.com)

In addition to that... LANified! will be running a King of the Hill on those computers, so bring your A game, boys!

11AM - 2PM @ the door: We hand out raffle tickets for our main Door prizes

11AM - whenever we feel like stopping: We may visit your table (sober or drunk, yet to be decided) to do some trivia! Some twitch swag (including sweet sunglasses) is up for grabs from that. Stay sharp!

12PM - when finals begin @ KotH room: King of the Hill! With prizes and a raffle of its own.

After finals @main projector area: Raffle draws.

Prize pool for main draw!!

TTesports Meka G1 (mechanical keyboard. It's pretty.)

Razer Deathadder mouse

Some more sweet stuff from The Node!

Some sweet stuff from Comic-Kazi!

Specials

A reminder that our BarCraft will feature two sc2 themed shots, the $4.5 "Zerg rush" and the $6 "Pylon." Ceili's is also bringing in $3.5 cans of Bawls, exclusively for us, plus the $4 bottles of bud/bud light. These will compliment our current list of food specials ($5 menu which includes: Chicken wings, Dry Ribs, Pulled Pork Sliders, Turkey Legs, Onion Rings)

KotH

The Node has generously donated four of their fine computers. The boys at LANified will be running a mini KotH on two of these. There is a separate draw for winners of the KotH for some twitch.tv swag, EB gift card, among other sweet stuff. How that works will be posted at the event, in the room. <3<3

At first I was mad there was no Barcraft for Calgary, now i'm mad there are two competing Barcrafts planned for the same date! Which one is everybody planning on attending? I'm sticking with the original place.

We're very pleased to announce that we have the ball rolling for Calgary's very first official BarCraft!

Where: Ceili's Irish Pub, Southland Crossing

When: Orlando MLG finals on October 16th, starting as early as 11AM

Why: 'Cause who wants to sit at home and watch the finals when you can share the excitement?

Ceili's is very excited to host us, and the set up is quite nice. There are lots of TVs, a good amount of room for the people we're expecting, AND a projector.

We will also be holding a raffle for some cool stuff including but not limited to, Twitch.tv t-shirts, flasks, bottle openers, and more; GSL T-shirts, courtesy Starcraftmecca; and three tickets to LANified!'s next LAN event in November! More may be added to that list as we approach the date.
You can pre-purchase tickets for the raffle by contacting Kiefer at kiefer_mccrae@hotmail.com.